Panel hears update on school plans
Bangor Daily News, January 23, 2007
(excerpt) ... when the city of Ellsworth expressed interest in building a new kindergarten-through-fifth-grade elementary school adjacent to its existing middle school, Oak Point had to think outside the box.
"It was kind of a shoehorn fit, but everything does fit," Rob Tillotson, Oak Point’s president, said Monday at a meeting of the Ellsworth School Committee’s building subcommittee.
Rather than build from scratch at an empty site, city leaders have opted to construct a new elementary school on the same site as the middle school, off Forrest Avenue.
"We want to make it clear that this is a new K-5 building that just happens to be attached to the middle school," Ellsworth Superintendent Frank Hackett said.
The two schools would have separate libraries and gymnasiums but would share a cafeteria. The plan would allow renovations at the middle school to be included in the project.
The site plan and design concept still need to be approved by Ellsworth residents, and then by the state Board of Education, but the building committee seemed pleased with the project at Monday’s meeting.
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30, and the committee urged residents to attend and share their ideas and concerns.
(excerpt) ... when the city of Ellsworth expressed interest in building a new kindergarten-through-fifth-grade elementary school adjacent to its existing middle school, Oak Point had to think outside the box.
"It was kind of a shoehorn fit, but everything does fit," Rob Tillotson, Oak Point’s president, said Monday at a meeting of the Ellsworth School Committee’s building subcommittee.
Rather than build from scratch at an empty site, city leaders have opted to construct a new elementary school on the same site as the middle school, off Forrest Avenue.
"We want to make it clear that this is a new K-5 building that just happens to be attached to the middle school," Ellsworth Superintendent Frank Hackett said.
The two schools would have separate libraries and gymnasiums but would share a cafeteria. The plan would allow renovations at the middle school to be included in the project.
The site plan and design concept still need to be approved by Ellsworth residents, and then by the state Board of Education, but the building committee seemed pleased with the project at Monday’s meeting.
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30, and the committee urged residents to attend and share their ideas and concerns.
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